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Measure C was endorsed by the editorial board of the San Jose Mercury News, which said, "If the bond is approved, Mission College in Santa Clara will get a new central building with more spacious classrooms and adequate technology. Similar upgrades are planned for West Valley's more sprawling campus. Neither has enough properly equipped classrooms, so students sometimes can't get courses they need. New spaces will allow the colleges to serve more students in highly sought fields."[1]

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The question on the ballot:

MEASURE C: To provide affordable education at West Valley and Mission Colleges by updating academic facilities and technology to prepare students for 21st century jobs/transfer to universities, upgrading healthcare, public safety and job-training facilities, and aging buildings for earthquake safety, and acquiring, constructing, repairing and equipping sites, buildings, classrooms and facilities, shall West Valley-Mission Community College District issue $350,000,000 of bonds, at legal rates with citizens’ oversight, no money for Sacramento, administrators’ salaries or employee pensions?[2]